iliad
IPA: ˈɪɫiʌd
Root Word: Iliad
noun
- A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.
- A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.
- Any long tragic story.
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Examples of "iliad" in Sentences
- For the last line of the 'Iliad',
- It's the major sulk in the Iliad.
- No creators of the Iliad and the Odyssey
- The Iliad ends with the funeral of Hector.
- The 'Iliad' ends with the funeral of Hector.
- There is another mythical personage of this name in the Iliad.
- He is copiously quoted in the Venetus A scholia on the Homeric 'Iliad'.
- A perfect example of this stratagem is the role of Thersites in 'The Iliad'.
- In addition, the Games included a reading of both the Odyssey and the Iliad.
- Elsewhere in the Iliad, Homer attributes the rearing of Chimera to Amisodorus.
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